Improvement in supports or pickets for strengthening fences



F. 7L. SARMIENTO. Support or Picket for Strengthening Fences.

No. 203,502. Patented May 7,1878

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

FERDINAND L. SARMIENTO, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVPMENT IN SUPPORTS 0R PICKETS FOR STRENGTHENING FENCES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 203,502, dated May '7,1878; application filed March 16, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FERDINAND LOUIS SAR- MrEN'ro, of Philadelphia, inthe county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented anew and valuable Improvement in Supports or Pickets for StrengtheningIron or Steel Wire Fences or other fences; and I'do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description of theconstruction and operation of the same, reference being had to theannexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to theletters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a front elevation of awire fence with said support or picket attached. Fig. 2 is a view of thesupport or picket itself, showing ends or prongs which run into theearth or are attached to a base. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the picketor support, and Fig. 4 is a detail view of the barb-blank.

This invention has relation to improvements in pickets designed to beattached to the wires of the fence at intervals between the posts, toafford them adequate support and prevent sagging. i

The nature of the invention consists in such a picket formed by bendinga piece of wire over upon itself to form a loop at one end, thentwisting the branches of the said wire together tightly, seats beingformed at intervals for the reception of the fence-wires, and thenbranching the ends of the picket to afford a support and give a hold tothe picket upon the ground-stub or other base.

It also consists in aspur secured to the upper end of the picket, toprevent it from being leaned upon and bent or broken down, as will behereinafter more fully set forth.

In the annexed drawings, the letter A designates the posts; B, thespaced wires secured thereto in any suitable manner; (3, the pickets toprevent sagging of the said wires, and D the barbs.

The picket O is formed of a single piece of wire of suitable rigidity,as follows: It is first bent around a former or wire to form a loop,

a. The branches, which are of equal length, are then tightly twistedupon each other until about one-half of the picket is completed. Aformerorwire beingthen passed between the branches of the wire, twisting isthen resumed, thus forming the second eye b, for the reception of thesecond wi're B of the fence, and the body of the picket extended to athird eye, 0, constructed in the same manner as the eye 1). One or moreturns being then made, the wires are then separated, forming distinctbranches d, that, when buried in the ground or fixed to a suitable base,afford proper supportto the picket.

The picket-barb D is formed of a blank, D, Fig. 4, having at one end apoint, z, and terminating at the other in two sufficiently long strips,6. This barb is placed astride the fencewire and pushed against theupper end of the picket. The strips are then tightly twisted around thepicket below the wire, as shown in Fig. 2, and its attachment to thewire completed. This barb effectually deters persons or animals fromleaning upon the picket and bending or breaking it down.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The wire-fence picket consisting of the twisted-wire body, havingspaced eye-seats a b cfor the fence-wires, and the branched prongs d,for attachment to the ground or base, substantially as specified.

2. The combination, with the fence-wire B and the picket O, of the barbD, having point i and spaced strips '6 at opposite ends, placed astridethe wire against the picket, and secured thereto b ytwistin g the saidstrips around the picket below the wire, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above Iv have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

FERDINAND LOUIS SARMIENTO.

Witnesses:

EDWIN H. HILL, J OTHAM E. BIeELoW.

